釆 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

biàn

distinguish

approved by Peter Olson · Sep 4, 2021, 05:34 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Sep 4, 2021, 05:34 PM

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Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

少 Iconic component

shǎo, shao, shào few

Used here to depict grains of sand.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 少 than it was in ancient scripts.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	beanH	[b]ˤre[n]-s	discriminate

《說文》：“釆，辨別也。象獸指爪分別也。讀若辨。，古文釆。”